James Washington Logue

James Washington Logue ( born February 22, 1863 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, † August 27, 1925 ) was an American politician. Between 1913 and 1915 he represented the State of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Career

James Logue attended the common schools and the La Salle College. After a subsequent law degree in 1888 and its recent approval as a lawyer, he started working in Philadelphia in this profession. At the same time he proposed as a member of the Democratic Party launched a political career.

In the congressional elections of 1912 Logue was in the sixth constituency of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives in Washington DC chosen, where he became the successor of Republican George Deardorff McCreary on March 4, 1913. Since he has not been confirmed in 1914, he was able to complete only one term in Congress until March 3, 1915. During this time, the 16th and the 17th Amendment to the Constitution were ratified.

In 1918, Logue competed unsuccessfully for the office of Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania. During World War II he worked for the Office of the Chairman of the National Defence Council (Council of National Defense). In 1923 he was secretary of the Board of Inspectors of the State Penitentiary in eastern Pennsylvania. He died on 27 August 1925 in his hometown of Philadelphia.